Estradiol levels in girls with Turner's syndrome compared to normal prepubertal girls as determined by an ultrasensitive assay

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Wilson, Courtnay A ^a   Heinrichs, Claudine ^b   Larmore, Kimberly A ^a   Craen, Marguerita ^b   Brown Dawson, Jacquelyn ^a   Shaywitz, Sally ^c   Ross, Judith ^d   Oeter Klein, Karen ^a,e  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone maturation; Gonadal dysgenesis; Growth; Ovarian function

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; OXANDROLONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; OVARY FUNCTION; PREPUBERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNER SYNDROME; AGE DETERMINATION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0038825021     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.1.91     Document Type: Article

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